L4.2.2.4: Irregular Bones

• IRREGULAR BONES

  Definition

  ● Neither fits any of the 3 categories

  ● Irregular shape

  ● Not flat, curved, cubed-shaped

  Examples

  ● Vertebrae (neck to tailbone)

  ● Hip bones (pelvis)
• Irregular Bones

  
  

  • Hip Bones (2)

  • Vertebral Column

  Cervical (7)

  Thoracic (12)

  Lumbar (5)

  Sacrum (1)

  Coccyx (1)

  
  

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  • Skull

  Temporal Bone (2)

  Ethmoid (1)

  Sphenoid (1)

  Zygomatic (2)

  Maxilla (2)

  Mandible (1)

  Inferior Nasal Concha (2)

  Palatine (2)

  
  

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• Irregular Bones

  
  

  • Ear Ossicles

  Malleus (2)

  Incus (2)

  Stapes (2)

  
  

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